Research - Moon Rider 7 Project

Three Blocks Slowing Down Independent Livings of People with Disabilities ~Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco Part 1~

I visited Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco which is one of the centers of independent living all over the US.

Quotas Aren’t the Best Reason to Hire Disabled People ~Yahoo Part 2~

Visiting Yahoo report part 2 focuses on employment for people with disabilities. Gary who has worked for high-tech companies talked about how progressive companies have done for employment for people with disabilities.

The Reason Apple Devotes On Accessibility Development So Early, Starting 30 Years Ago ~Yahoo Part 1~

I have visited Yahoo HQ in Silicon Valley. Gary Moulton who has a long career in accessibility in high-tech industry shared its history of accessibility with me.

Your Performance Evaluation Is Based on Your Capacity, not Your Disability ~Facebook Part 2~

In my report of Facebook visit part 2, I am sharing the working environment for employees with disabilities, my research topic. What is the big difference between companies in the US and Japan?

The Story Behind Facebook’s Visual Accessibility Technology ~Facebook Part 1~

The first report of my visit in Silicon Valley is Facebook. Facebook is developing an innovative system for users with visual impaired!

I Visited the Bay Area in California < Short Introductions >

I visited the Bay Area in California! I will post the detail interview article one by one later!:
【 Where I visited 】Facebook, cisco, Apple, Yahoo, Pacific ADA Center, Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco, Ed Roberts Campus

Corps Thrive with Employees with Disabilities Build A Good Career Path

For my very last interview during this trip to Minnesota, I visited Mr. Derek Nord, an Associate Director of Research and Training Center at the Institute on Community Integration (ICI) located in University of Minnesota. Derek shared his vivid memories of childhood. He had a friend from his mother’s daycare. When he and his friend came back from a day camp, he saw the mother of his friend was crying.

Employment Situation for People with Disabilities in the U.S. ~ Syracuse Part 2~

This time I will share the common tendency of the people with disabilities regarding employment.
1. Education participation in the U.S.
2. Business running on holidays
3. Incentives of not working

Employment Situation for People with Disabilities in the U.S. ~ Syracuse Part 1~

I had an opportunity to interview Mr. Lawton Williamson, a director for employment. Lawton came to this field because he got a lot of inspirations from his friend Bob who is a legally blind man. Bob had a dream to be a sportscaster. Lawton wondered how he can get the job.

Leaning Environment for People with Disabilities

Kristen has been in special education field all through her undergraduate to graduate training at Vanderbilt University. After graduation, she taught students with a wide range of disabilities from mild to fairly severe and profound level in a high school. A couple years later, she went back to Vanderbilt University to get her Master’s degree in special education technology. During her research, she met Prof. Doug Fuchs and got involved with a lot of his research related to learning disabilities (LD) and academic related difficulties. In the doctoral program, she spent efforts on a program called Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS), which is a peer tutoring program that is designed as an inclusive general education approach to accommodate a lot of kids with disabilities or academic difficulties.

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